Fintech

FreedomPay and Sightline Payments are partnering to develop a cashless digital payments and patron loyalty platform for casinos, resorts and other gaming operators.

It isn't lost on Fiserv that consumers increasingly are moving to digital financial services. Its deal to acquire Ondot Systems, a digital card solutions platform, aims to capitalize on the shift.

The company agreed will pay nearly $10 million for Sunset parent Waukesha Bankshares.

A pleasing look, or even allowing consumers to design their own cards, can help build brand and uptake, says Fingerprints' Lina Andolf-Orup.

Millions of workers are still displaced from offices, pushing financial services designed for the trend, such as Barclaycard Payments' Precisionpay Go app for businesses to issue virtual cards for corporate expenses.

U.S. consumers wanting to use cash for online payments will have the option to do so through a collaboration between Paysafe and Incomm Payments.

Homeis, an internet platform that creates social immigrant communities, has partnered with money transfer fintechs Remitly, TransferWise and Afriex as it registers its millionth user.

Demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in the U.S. is surging as cash-strapped consumers welcome the opportunity to get instant loans minus any official credit inquiry.

The Columbus, Ohio, company says it has delivered on M&A promises before, and many observers say its deal for rival TCF Financial is an opportunistic move in its bid to build a Midwestern powerhouse. But others questioned whether Huntington's cost-cutting and profit expectations are too optimistic.

JPMorgan Chase is partnering with Air Canada, the bank's first new cobranded card partner to be announced in years.